Inspiration

Rooms to Match My Mood: Dark and Brooding

August 14, 2012

I was feeling a little 'off' yesterday, so I amused myself looking at pretty pictures on the interweb:) I can get lost for hours clicking away at pretty pictures - this is probably not the best thing to do too often (especially when I have piles of projects to start/work on/complete) but every so often it's nice to escape. 

The pictures that were taking my fancy last evening seemed to match my off mood - a little dark and brooding, but I think each is beautiful in its own way. If I had to choose a favorite from the images below I think it would be the last one - it's stunning. What do you think - which do you like best?
Dark Green Living room by Todd Yoggy
Dark Green Living room by Todd Yoggy
Dark Grey Living room by O'Connor and Houle Architecture
Dark Grey Living room by O'Connor and Houle Architecture

Dark and Moody Living Room. Source: House Beautiful, July 2009
Dark and Moody Living Room. Source: House Beautiful, July 2009

Dark Living room with Green velvet Couch Source: Redonline
Dark Living room with Green velvet Couch Source: Redonline

Grey Office via Elle Decor
Grey Office via Elle Decor
Botanical no. 5510 by Kari Herer Photography via Etsy
Botanical no. 5510 by Kari Herer Photography via Etsy
PS - I made a very concerted effort to find what I believe to be the original sources of these images and link properly to them. Please let me now if I am mistaken.

Flowers

March Flowers - a Birthday Bouquet, and Photography Practice

March 28, 2012

Unbelievably it's nearing  the end of March - where did the month go? In February I decided that I was going to treat myself to flowers once a month. If you follow me on twitter you know that my brother J sent me a lovely bouquet for my birthday, so while I didn't treat myself I'm still counting these flowers towards my goal of having fresh flowers in my home at least once a month.

By the time I remembered to take pictures these lovelies had been in my apartment for almost a week so they're not quite as stunningly vibrant as they were when I first received them. A small warning - I decided to practice my close-up photography with the bouquet as my subject so there are quite a number of pictures to scroll through - I hope you don't mind.
March Birthday bouquet
My bouquet one week later. It's lasting rather well.
Yellow rose in the foregroud
March bouquet close-up

Orange Gerbera

Pink rose amongst other flowers

Pink rose close-up

Pink rose

Pink Rose close-up 

Yellow Rose
I have to say that I'm loving my new camera - I never would have been able to take pictures like these with my old point-and-shoot.

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